Catherine West was appointed to the Board in May 2016 as an independent, Non-Executive Director and is the Chair of the People & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee. 

Ms West has more than 20 years of business and legal affairs experience in the media industry, both in Australia and the UK.  Her most recent executive role was Director of Legal – Content Commercial and Joint Ventures for Sky Plc in the UK. In this role, she was responsible for all of Sky’s content relationships, distribution, commercial activities and joint ventures.  She is a consultant to media companies internationally and to the healthcare sector.  

Ms West is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors,  Vice-President of the Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, a director of the NIDA Foundation Trust and a Governor of Wenona School.   Ms West holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney.